California
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
CA1105 — prohibited
Citation:
Cal. Penal Code §§ 30400 - 30495
ARTICLE 1. Restrictions Relating to Firearm Precursor Parts [30400 - 30425] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 730, Sec. 6. ) 30400. (a) Commencing July 1, 2022, a person, corporation, or dealer who does either of the following shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for a term not to exceed six months, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both the imprisonment and fine.
Effective:
2022-07-25
California
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
CA1104 — prohibited
Citation:
Cal. Penal Code § 30452
(a)(1) Commencing July 1, 2022, a firearm precursor part vendor shall not sell or otherwise transfer ownership of a firearm precursor part without, at the time of delivery, legibly recording the following information on a form to be prescribed by the Department of Justice: (A) The date of the sale or other transfer.
Effective:
2020-08-06
California
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
CA1106 — prohibited
Citation:
Cal. Penal Code § 29180(b)(1)
CHAPTER 3. Assembly of Firearms [29180 - 29184] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 60, Sec. 4. ) 29180. (a) For purposes of this chapter, “manufacturing” or “assembling” a firearm means to fabricate or construct a firearm, or to fit together the component parts of a firearm to construct a firearm.
Effective:
2018-07-01
Colorado
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
CO1083 — prohibited
Citation:
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-111.5 (3a)
(3)(a) A person shall not knowingly possess, purchase, transport, or receive a firearm or frame or receiver of a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number by a federal firearms licensee authorized to imprint a serial number on a firearm, frame, or receiver pursuant to federal law or subsection (7) of this section.
Effective:
2024-01-01
Connecticut
untraceable firearms
handgun Restrictive
CT1080 — prohibited
Citation:
Conn. Pub. Act No. 19-6 (2019)
Section 1. Section 29-36 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof : (a) No person shall remove, deface, alter or obliterate the name of any maker or model or any maker's number, unique serial number or other mark of identification on any firearm as defined in section 53a-3.
Effective:
2019-10-01
Delaware
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
DE1072 — prohibited
Citation:
Del. Code tit. 11 § 1459A
(a) No person shall knowingly transport, ship, transfer, or sell an unfinished firearm frame or receiver unless all of the following apply: (1) The person is a federally-licensed gun dealer or manufacturer.
Effective:
2022-01-18
District of Columbia
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
DC1062 — prohibited
Citation:
D.C. Act 23-245. Ghost Guns Prohibition Emergency Amendment Act of 2020.
"(9B) "Ghost gun" means a firearm that, after the removal of all parts other than a receiver, is not as detectable as the Security Exemplar, by walk-through metal detectors calibrated and operated to detect the Security Exemplar; or any major component of which, when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices commonly used at secure public buildings and transit stations, does not generate an image...
Effective:
2020-03-11
Hawaii
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
HI1081 — prohibited
Citation:
2019 HI H.B. No. 2744
PART II. SECTION 2. The legislature finds that a "ghost gun" is a firearm that is assembled without serial numbers or other identification markings. A person may assemble a ghost gun from a prepackaged kit requiring only minimal expertise and, thus, bypass background checks, registration, and other legal requirements...
Effective:
2020-09-16
Hawaii
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
HI1082 — prohibited
Citation:
2019 HI H.B. No. 2744
(c) Dealers licensed under section 134-31 or dealers licensed by the United States Department of Justice shall register firearms pursuant to this section on registration forms prescribed by the attorney general and shall not be required to have the firearms physically inspected by the chief of police at the time of registration.
Effective:
2020-09-16
Illinois
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
IL1088 — prohibited
Citation:
720 ILCS 5/24-5.1
§ 24-5.1. Serialization of unfinished frames or receivers; prohibition on unserialized firearms; exceptions; penalties. (b) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, or transfer an unserialized unfinished frame or receiver or unserialized firearm, including those produced using a three-dimensional printer, unless the party purchasing or receiving the unfinished frame or receiver or unserialized...
Effective:
2022-05-18
Indiana
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
IN1056 — prohibited
Citation:
IN ST 35-47-2-18
Sec. 18. (a) No person shall: (1) remove, obliterate, or alter the importer or manufacturer's serial number on any firearm; or (2) possess any firearm on which the importer or manufacturer's serial number has been removed, obliterated, or altered. (b) A person who knowingly or intentionally violates this section commits a Level 5 felony.
Effective:
2020-07-01
Maryland
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
MD1077 — prohibited
Citation:
MD Code, Public Safety, § 5-703 (2)
(2) On or after March 1, 2023, a person may not possess a firearm unless: (i) the firearm is required by federal law to be, and has been, imprinted by a federally licensed firearms manufacturer, federally licensed firearms importer, or other federal licensee authorized to provide marking services, with a serial number in compliance with all federal laws and regulations applicable to the manufacture and import of...
Effective:
2023-04-11
Massachusetts
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
MA1083 — prohibited
Citation:
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 121C
(a) All firearms shall have a serial number in accordance with the requirements of this section. To meet serialization requirements all firearms shall be conspicuously engraved, cast or otherwise permanently embedded with a unique serial number on the frame or receiver; provided, that the serial number shall be placed in a manner not susceptible of being readily obliterated, altered or removed and shall be engraved,...
Effective:
2024-10-02
New Jersey
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
NJ1067 — prohibited
Citation:
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:39-9(k)
k. Purchasing firearm parts to manufacture a firearm without a serial number. In addition to any other criminal penalties provided under law, a person who, with the purpose to manufacture or otherwise assemble a firearm and without being registered or licensed do so as provided in chapter 58 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, purchases or otherwise obtains separately or as part of a kit a firearm frame or...
Effective:
2018-11-08
New Jersey
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
NJ1069 — prohibited
Citation:
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:39-9(l)(2)
l. Manufacturing or facilitating the manufacture of a firearm using a three-dimensional printer. In addition to any other criminal penalties provided under law it is a third degree crime for: (2) a person to distribute by any means, including the Internet, to a person in New Jersey who is not registered or licensed as a manufacturer as provided in chapter 58 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, digital...
Effective:
2018-11-08
New Jersey
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
NJ1070 — prohibited
Citation:
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:39-9(l)(1)
l. Manufacturing or facilitating the manufacture of a firearm using a three-dimensional printer. In addition to any other criminal penalties provided under law it is a third degree crime for: (1) a person who is not registered or licensed to do so as a manufacturer as provided in chapter 58 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, to use a three-dimensional printer or similar device to manufacture or produce a...
Effective:
2018-11-08
New Jersey
untraceable firearms
handgun Restrictive
NJ1068 — prohibited
Citation:
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:58-3.3(b)
a. As used in this act, “handgun ammunition” means ammunition specifically designed to be used only in a handgun. “Handgun ammunition” shall not include blank ammunition, air gun pellets, flare gun ammunition, nail gun ammunition, paint ball ammunition, or any non-fixed ammunition. b.
Effective:
2008-04-01
New York
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
NY1068 — prohibited
Citation:
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.50(A)(1)
A person is guilty of criminal manufacture, sale, or transport of an undetectable firearm, rifle or shotgun when he or she knowingly manufactures, causes to be manufactured, sells, exchanges, gives, disposes of, transports, ships, or possesses with the intent to sell: 1.
Effective:
2020-01-26
Rhode Island
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
RI1061 — prohibited
Citation:
R.I. Gen. Laws Section 11-47-2
(iv) Upon which the frame or receiver lacks a unique serial number engraved or cased into on the frame or receiver by a licensed manufacturer, maker, or importer under federal law, or markings in accordance with 27 C.F.R. § 479.102. Provided, however, this subsection shall not apply to any firearm rendered permanently inoperable or a firearm manufactured prior to 1968.
Effective:
2020-07-23
Rhode Island
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
RI1062 — prohibited
Citation:
R.I. Gen. Laws Section 11-47-8(e)
(e) No person shall manufacture, sell, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, possess, or have under his or her control a ghost gun or an undetectable firearm or any firearm produced by a 3D printing process.
Effective:
2020-07-23
Vermont
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
VT1059 — prohibited
Citation:
13 V.S.A. chapter 85 § 4083
§ 4083. Unlawful conduct involving unserialized firearms, frames, and receivers (a)(1) A person shall not knowingly possess an unfinished frame or receiver unless the unfinished frame or receiver has been imprinted with a serial number by a federal firearms licensee pursuant to federal law or section 4084 of this title.
Effective:
2025-02-28
Virginia
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
VA1061 — prohibited
Citation:
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.5
It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, import, sell, transfer or possess any plastic firearm. As used in this section, “plastic firearm” means any firearm, including machine guns and sawed-off shotguns as defined in this chapter, containing less than 3.7 ounces of electromagnetically detectable metal in the barrel, slide, cylinder, frame or receiver of which, when subjected to inspection by X-ray...
Effective:
1989-03-27
Washington
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
WA1082 — prohibited
Citation:
WA ST 9.41.326
(1) No person may manufacture, cause to be manufactured, assemble, or cause to be assembled an untraceable firearm. (2) After March 10, 2023, no person may knowingly or recklessly possess, transport, or receive an untraceable firearm, unless the party possessing, transporting, or receiving the untraceable firearm is a law enforcement agency or a federal firearms importer, federal firearms manufacturer, or federal...
Effective:
2022-07-01
Washington
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
WA1061 — prohibited
Citation:
Rev. Code Wash. § 9.41.010; 2019 WA H.B. 1739 Sec. 4. RCW 9.41.220
Rev. Code Wash. § 9.41.010: (35) "Untraceable firearm" means any firearm manufactured after July 1, 2019, that is not an antique firearm and that cannot be traced by law enforcement by means of a serial number affixed to the firearm by a federally licensed manufacturer or importer. 2019 WA H.B. 1739: Sec. 4.
Effective:
2019-07-01
Washington
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
WA1062 — prohibited
Citation:
Rev. Code Wash. § 9.41.325(1)
RCW 9.41.325 Undetectable or untraceable firearms-Penalties. (1) No person may knowingly or recklessly allow, facilitate, aid, or abet the manufacture or assembly of an undetectable firearm or untraceable firearm by a person who: (a) Is ineligible under state or federal law to possess a firearm; or (b) has signed a valid voluntary waiver of firearm rights that has not been revoked under RCW 9.41.350.
Effective:
2019-07-01
Washington
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
WA1063 — prohibited
Citation:
Rev. Code Wash. § 9.41.190
Section 9.41.190. Unlawful firearms - Exceptions. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is unlawful for any person to: (a) Manufacture, own, buy, sell, loan, furnish, transport, or have in possession or under control, any machine gun, bump-fire stock, undetectable firearm, short-barreled shotgun, or short-barreled rifle; (b) Manufacture, own, buy, sell, loan, furnish, transport, or have in possession...
Effective:
2019-07-01